| Stilpnia | |
|---|---|
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| Black-capped tanager (Stilpnia heinei) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Stilpnia Burns, KJ, Unitt & Mason, NA, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Aglaia cyanoptera Swainson, 1834 | |
| Species | |
See text | |
Stilpnia is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
Many of these tanagers have a contrasting cap or hood and most have green or gold ear-coverts and throats. [1]
These species were formerly placed in the genus Tangara . A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Tangara was polyphyletic. [2] In the rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the genus, Stilpnia, was erected in 2016 with the black-headed tanager as the type species. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek στιλπνή/stilpni meaning "glittering" or "glistening". [1]
The genus contains 15 species: [3]
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